By Amanda C. Lee You’ve probably heard that owners look like their pets, but is it actually true? I was quite surprised to find out that there are a variety of events, and even contests held annually Continue Reading
Chien-Shiung Wu
By Amanda C. Lee For International Women's Day last year, my social studies class was given the task of presenting about an influential woman who made strides towards achieving gender equity. My Continue Reading
Hypatia of Alexandria
Intro: While registering for a Waterloo full solution contest, I notice the name of the grade 11 version - Hypatia. However the name looks familiar, but I don’t remember learning about her Continue Reading
Barbara McClintock
Early Life and Studies Barabara McClintock (c) Adam Cuerden (CC0) Barabara McClintock was born on June 16, 1902 in Hartford, Connecticut, USA to Henry and Sara Handy McClintock. From a young age Continue Reading
International Women’s Day Celebration: Dr. Jennifer Doudna
To celebrate International Women’s Day, this blog post will be centered around the work of Dr. Jennifer Doudna, who discovered the molecular tool known as clustered regularly interspaced short Continue Reading
Growing Bacteria in Petri Dishes – Part 2
As I mentioned in the "Part One" of this blog post, I did an experiment using nutrient agar plates to grow bacteria. I had one question to answer: How do different household cleaning products affect Continue Reading
The Many Uncontrollable Factors for Cancer
By Maia Poon According to the American Cancer Society, “Almost everyone knows someone who has had cancer.” The risk of having cancer is a serious concern for many people, especially those whose Continue Reading
How Many Slaps Does it Take to Cook a Chicken?
By Amanda C. Lee Cooked Chicken Breast © Steve Johnson, CC BY 2.0 A few days ago, my physics teacher introduced a new concept to the class. Relating to our work, energy, and power unit, she Continue Reading
Microwaving Grapes… to Create Plasma?
By Xavier Lam For the past two decades, scientists could not explain the phenomenon of a grape being microwaved, and creating a flashy spark of hot ionized gas (plasma). However, scientists from Continue Reading
Hypnotizing: Should We Try It?
I had recently watched a video about hypnotizing. For all this time, I expected it to be like the "evil doings" and manipulations like in movies. Turns out, hypnotizing actually has benefits, and it's Continue Reading
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